Ichiraku Ramen Bar
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The Ichiraku Ramen Bar is a fictional ramen restaurant in the anime and manga series Naruto. It is Naruto Uzumaki's and Iruka Umino's favorite place to eat, and one of Naruto's favorite locations in Konoha.
Ichiraku Ramen was modeled after a real-life ramen restaurant near the waterfront in the city of Fukuoka, Japan, where the author of Naruto, Masashi Kishimoto, apparently went to university for a period of time according to local sources. The actual restaurant is also called Ichiraku Ramen. It is next to a yaki-niku restaurant, a Chinese food place, and a video game shop. Tonkatsu ramen is served there. There are two Ichiraku Ramen locations in Fukuoka, one at JR's Kyu-dai Mae station, and another in the downtown Hakata area.
As part of the merchandise for Naruto, handkerchiefs are sold emblazoned with various Naruto characters in instant noodle cups labeled Ichiraku Ramen.
[edit] Description
The Ichiraku Ramen Bar is run by Teuchi (who Naruto exclusively refers to as 'old man') and his daughter Ayame. The two seem to be some of the few civilian villagers of Konoha to not see Naruto in a hostile light and consider him their favorite regular. They are also the first known people in the Naruto universe to see Kakashi Hatake unmasked (episode 101 and its manga equivalent).
In episode 168, the ramen shop is temporarily closed after Ayame is kidnapped by ryo-nin (cooking ninja). Teuchi re-opens at the end of the episode with a new menu that includes a diet ramen that becomes very popular with the ladies. His daughter had become fat after eating too much of the excellent cooking of the ryo-nin, thus the creation of the diet ramen. Their fattening food was also part of the reason for the original kidnapping. Every notable (and still living) female, excluding Tsunade, from the series makes an appearance for the ramen, even one that's supposed to be an enemy.
In Hurricane Chronicles, after Naruto returns from his nature manipulation training session, Ayame has been replaced by two less-than-competent male cooks, Nishi and Matsu. Ayame had left for a trip sometime earlier, thus the new workers. The two are rather clumsy, seen when Matsu puts his finger in the ramen and then Nishi accidentally spills hot ramen on his co-worker. Both Matsu and Nishi bear the resemblance of two characters from the third Naruto movie.
[edit] Trivia
- Inside Ichiraku, Coke (コーラ Cola?) is listed on the menu attached to the wall.
[edit] Voice actors
- Teuchi: Eisuke Asakura (Japanese); Lex Lang (English)
- Ayame: Masayo Hosono (Japanese); Danielle Judovits (English)
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